


She is a mysterious woman who Ari tells most of the stories to. Ari, the main character, is a storyteller, and the narrative flashes back between his youth and his present time.Ībout 25% of the way in, I realized that I would have preferred Eloine as a main character over Ari. TFB is a frame narrative style fantasy novel that I have not seen in any of the fantasy novels I have read.

I was intimidated by the size, but once I started reading I knew I wanted to know what would happen at the end. Virdi has been on my to be read list since last year, and I finally started it on January 1. This is the longest book I have read since Babel (I think).
